Breaking Free

After an unexpected surprise 17 year old Lily is forced to move from her hometown Utah to go live with with her dad, who she hasn't seen since she was 6. She believes the worst that could happen is having to leave behind her loved ones in Utah, but...

I groaned and turned around, the annoying little boy from earlier smiled mischievously at me then kicked my chair again.He had been doing that constantly ever since we took off! I rolled my eyes, don't kids ever sleep these days?! Taking a look around the room I noticed not one person was awake, everyone had their blankets and pillows and were snoring sound asleep. I am so jealous of those people right now.

My seat kicked forward again and I shut my eyes frustrated, trying to ignore him before I turned around and ripped the kids head off. He had woken me up at least six times, and it's like 3 in the morning!

Closing my eyes, I began to feel droopy, the noises surrounding me immediately faded away and I was escaping into a dream world....

..Until....

My seat jolted forward. AGAIN.

I twisted around and pointed a finger at the kid, glaring. "Listen here buster. You kick my chair one more freaking time and I will throw you off this plane. Your mommy won't even know your gone!" I whispered through my gritted teeth. I knew it was harsh but I hadn't slept in ages and I was on the verge of my breaking point. He stared at me wide eyed and pointed a finger and me.

Oh no.

"Mommy! Mommy! MOMMY!!" he screeched out.

Oh god.

Good going Lily!

The last thing I need is a cranky mother filing a complaint against me. I rapidly turned back around snatching my blanket off the floor and throwing it over my head. Then I lifted my feet off the ground and brought my knees to my chest. Once I began to hear people groaning and footsteps headed this way, I let out silent snore and pretended to be asleep.

"Excuse me ma'am..."

I remained silent. After all that is my right.

"Ma'am" I heard again.

Still, nothing escaped my lips except snoring.

"Hmm.. she must be in a deep sleep. OK sweety you must have been having a nightmare, now go back to sleep." She whispered to the boy before heading off. I heard him whine and I smiled in accomplishment. Sucker.

I held my chest in relief and I heard a silent chuckled next to me that nearly startled me off my seat. My dad was laughing in his sleep?

Wait...

I glanced at him, he wasn't sleeping.

"Why are you laughing? How long have you been awake?" I accused shooting my dad a glare. He opened one eye to stare at me but kept a grin on his face.

He closed his eye and quietly whispered, "Threatening little kids? Shouldn't I ground you for that? Sounds like about a week of grounding to me..."

My eyes widened in horror. He couldn't do that, come back 11 years later to ground me. That's so not fair!!

I couldn't believe he had also been awake the whole time listening! I felt my cheeks go red, he probably thought of me as some child-hater or something. He seemed to notice my silence and quickly added on, "I'm only kidding Lily. That kid was being a little booger anyways."

"Booger?" I mused. He shrugged and went back to sleeping. I tried getting in a comfortable position, but couldn't really find one on the seat. Even once I did find a comfortable position, so many things started going through my head so I couldn't even fall asleep.